Junction of reinforced building parts, such as walls, pillars, and the like.



C. WERKENTHIN.

JUNCTION 0F REINFORCED BUlLDlNG PARTS, SUCH AS WALL$, PILLARS, AND THELIKE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 0. m2. ncnzwzu NOV. 18. ms.

1,165,475. Patented Deo.28,1915.

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CARIi WE RKENTHlZN, or BERLIN GERMANY.

acetone or, REINFORCED BUILDING Specification of Letters Patent.

ramrs, soon AS WALLS, IILLARS, AND THE LIKE.

. PatentedDec.28,1915.

Application filed September 6, 1912, Serial No. 718,827. RenewedNovember 16, 1915. Serial No. 61,858.

I '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L-Cam. Wnnknx'rnm, engineer, a subjectof the GermanEmperor, residing at. Niirnbergerstrasse (39, Berlin, Germany, haveinvented certain new and useful -lm rovementsin. Junctions ofBernt'orced Building Parts, su ch as \Valls, Pillars, and the like, ofwhich the following 1s a specification.

The invention relates in general to re1nforced building parts'such aswalls, pillars, and the like, and inparticular to the unet-ion of suchparts by means of their iron components.

As to walls my invention has to do especially with suspended walls, and.as to pillars especially with corner pillars, butalso other wallsanclpillars may be built up and united with each other' in the mannerhereinafter described. j

\Vhen constructing a reinforced suspended wall in the manner hithertoemployed, the first step wastoform a netting of wire or-the liketwhichwas closed at all sides and intended to receive the. bricksor thelike,'and the second step was to fill .up that netting with the'bricksor the' like. This'procedure, however, entails many a drawback,since a wire netting stretched out already before the bricklaying isvery inconvenient for-the bricklayer-s and, furthermore, specialauxiliary orassistant hands are required, and, what is, perhaps, worstof all, .the wire netting must be completely filled up without anyinterruption-in the bricklayingin order to let the bricks and the ironwall bind with the mortar and the like in the joints. Finally, fittingthe bricks which are already'covered with the mortar into the alreadystretched wire netting is a tedious labor, and it is practically prettymuch a matter of chance whether or not the mortar remains adhering 'tothe bricks. These drawbacks are completely overcomeby'the-presentinventi'on, the gist of which consists first in arrangingthe continuous iron bars or rods of the longitudinal joints solelybetween two layers of bricks which are-separated from each other by oneor morelayers without reinforcing irons; second, in arranging thereinforcing irons of the cross joints alternately with respect to saidlongitudinal bars, in such a manner, that the first, the third, thefifth, and so on, extend downward, the second, the fourth,

the sixth, and so on, upward; and third, in connecting the longitudinaland the cross irons with each other by means of books formed at therespective end of said latter irons, cutting and bending the other endof these irons into T-shape, and letting the legs of the T takealternately below the lower surface of the lower layer of bricks andabove the upper surface of the upper layer of bricks, after the anchorsor outer ties belonging to the continuous irons of the longitudlnaljoints have already been connected with the pillars and the mortar ofthese has bound. This manner of operation makesit possible i to embedthe longitudinal irons only-in a measure proportional to the progress ofthe brickwork. said irons being then rigidly connected with therespective ties by buckles, clasps, orthe like. The work may beinterrupted whenever desired without any diminution of the stability,and without disturbing thebinding of the mortar of the layers alreadyset.

The annexed drawings showsone form of construction of my improvedjunction.

Figure 1 is afront-view 'of a wall constructed according to myinvention, the joints being. shown in section; Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection throughthis wall; Fig. Bis-a plan of a cross 'iron, as employedin my invention; Fig. 4 is a side view of this iron; Fig. 5 is a sideview partly in section of the manner'of connecting the longitudinal ironbars with the pillars; Fig. 6 is a plan of the'iron parts shown in Fig.5, and Fig. 7 is a part of a reinforced wall as built up according tothis invention.

-tBefore building up the wall Z, first the pillar-7c is built up and at'the same time the anchors f for the longitudinal reinforcing irons areput, and secured, in place, in such a manner, that the angularly'bentend of each anchor is embedded in a suitable conical cayity, as shown inFig. 5. As soon as the mortar incl'osing ananchor has bound in thepillar 7c, the first layer a of the bricks may be set; after that thelongitudinal e whichpreferably consists of band iron is drawn over thatlayer, in the middle of same, and is connected with the anchor f g by abuckle or clasp h, the ends of the anchor proper and of the longitudinalbeing passed through that part it and bent rearward, as shown in Figs.and 6. \Vhile thus drawing the longitudinals, they are .are brought inplace,

placed into the projecting hooks cl of the downwardly extending crossirons"b,' the lower legs of each'of which take below the lower surfaceof the two adjacent bricks concerned. These irons are brought in placesimultaneously with laying the bricks of the respective layer, and afterthis latter has" been covered with the proper layer of mortar,simultaneously with attaching the alternate, upwardly extending crossirons to the longitudinals, the bricks of the next layer the legs ofsaid latter irons taking over the u )per surface of the said latterbricks. This layer is followed by a layer, or several layers, withoutany reinforcing parts, but then two layers of the kind just describedand as shown in Fig. 1 are built up, the manner of procedure beingexactly the same as above stated.

The parts 6 are also formed of band iron, and each of them is turned initself for 90 degrees, as represented in Figs. 3 and 4, the

le s c 0 of the T extending in the direction 0 the wall, and the hooks(1 extending crosswise thereto, and the longer part of the body serYinfor determining the width of the joint. y connectin two layers of bricksby one longitudinal reinforcing bar or band anduby the alternatelyarranged cross ,or vertical bands or T hooks, I am enabled to combinethe reinforced or armored layers with notreinforced or non-armoredlayers, as the other layers, owing to the junction of theirhorizontalbands with the pillar or illars or with another wall or other walls, ormsuspended, horizontally extending wall strips or stripes, each of whichis capable of; supporting one layer or several layers of ordinarily laidbricks. And as the mortar in eachjoint remainsat rest andcan bindwithout being disturbed, the union of all parts with each other is veryintimate and the stability of the whole is remarkably great.

The shape of the anchor 9 may be .different from that shown in t 1edrawing, but it is important that the union of the anchors with the barsor hands e is elfected only after the mortar of the pillar has bound..At any rate, a wall thus constructed 15 not only suspended whenconnecting two pillars or two walls or a pillar and a wall, but is evencapable of overhanging in c ie of a11- patent may be obtained m acertain measure without losing a material part of its bearing capacity.

Claims:

1. Wall structure suspended between two )illars comprising longitudinalreinforcing irons, anchors at the ends of said irons for 'anchoringthesame in said pillars, a layer of bricks supported by said irons,vertical cross-irons embedded in the binding material between twobricks, head portions on said cross-irons gripping alternately over theupper face of the bricks of one layer and the underface of the bricks ofthe over layer, and hooks at the end of said crossirons opposite to saidhead portions for gripping over the longitudinal reinforcing irons,substantially as described.

2. In a wall structure of the character described, suspended between twopillars, the combination of horizontal fiat irons extending through theentire length of the brick work secured with their ends to said pillars,with anchor irons alternately secured to one of these fiat irons locatedin the seams between two bricks and having their upper and lower endsalternately split to form T irons adapted to grip alternately over theupper vlaces ofthe bricks above said flat irons and the lower faces ofthe bricks beneath said horizontal irons, substantially as described.

3. In a wall structure of the character described, suspended between twopillars, the combination of horizontal flat irons extending through theentire length of the brick work secured with their ends to said pillars,with anchor irons alternately secured to one of these flat irons locatedin the seams between two bricks and havin their upper and lower endsalternately sp it to form T- irons adapted to grip alternately over theupper face of the bricks above said flat irons and the lower faces ofthe bricks beneath said horizontal irons, and intermediate rows ofbricks between the course or rows which are reinforced, substantially asdescribed.

, In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CARL 'WERKENTHIN.

\Vitnesses:

\VoLusnrAa HAUPT, HENRY Hasrna.

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